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Ministry of Defence
Build a strong & self-reliant ‘New India’ by taking inspiration from revolutionary freedom fighters like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to young researchers at an event in Greater Noida
Bats for in-depth research through conventional methods such as libraries & archives other than newer sources like internet
“Stay abreast with latest world developments, but ensure that our cultural traditions & values are protected”
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has exhorted the youth to take inspiration from revolutionary freedom fighters such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and build a strong & self-reliant ‘New India’ capable of effectively dealing with all future challenges. He was addressing young researchers at a conclave in Greater Noida on November 11, 2022.
The Raksha Mantri asserted that the young ignited minds of the country have the potential to build an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, stressing that they should take inspiration from the country’s glorious cultural heritage and come out with innovative ideas, through in-depth research, to take the country to greater heights. While maintaining that technology will play a central role in every sector in the times to come, he called upon the students to focus on in-depth research through conventional sources such as research institutes, libraries and archives, other than newer methods such as internet.
Shri Rajnath Singh urged the students to stay abreast with the latest developments taking place across the globe, but also ensure that the cultural traditions and values remain protected. “In this era of globalisation, the world is interconnected through many mediums. It is, therefore, necessary to understand different cultures, languages, education, economic & political systems. While we are steadfast in building a ‘New India’, our guide should be ‘India of the past’ and its rich cultural traditions. There is a need to re-evaluate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s role and vision. Some people call it rewriting history. I call it course correction,” he said.
The Raksha Mantri asserted that India is touching greater heights today as the focus of the Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, is towards achieving self-reliance in every sector, in line with the vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’. He said, the aim is to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ by leveraging technology while coming out of the colonial mindset which was the dream of freedom fighters such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Shri Rajnath Singh listed out a number of steps taken by the Government to free the country from a colonial mindset. These include remaining of Rajpath to Kartavya Path; installation of a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate premises; Renaming of three islands of Andaman and Nicobar archipelago as a tribute to Netaji; a new ensign of the Indian Navy inspired from Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji and abolition of hundreds of laws of British era. He stated that India is a land of rich diversity & immense possibilities and the Government is moving forward to tap into that potential to make the country strong and ‘Aatmanirbhar’.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
PM to address the Post-Budget Webinar on ‘Health and Medical Research’ on 06th March, 2023
As a part of 12 Post-Budget Webinars being organized by the Union Government, the Webinar will pool insights and ideas for implementation of Budget Announcements
The Webinar will have 3 simultaneous Breakout Sessions covering Budget announcements pertaining to establishment of new Nursing Colleges, Public & Private sector utilization of ICMR labs and Pharma innovation & multidisciplinary courses for medical devices
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the Post-Budget Webinar on ‘Health and Medical Research’ on 06th March, 2023 at 10 AM via video conferencing. It is a part of a series of 12 Post-Budget Webinars being organized by the Union Government to pool in insights, ideas and suggestions for effective implementation of the initiatives announced in the Union Budget.
The Union Budget 2023-24 is underpinned by seven priorities which complement each other and act as the ‘Saptarishi’ guiding through the Amrit Kaal. Inclusive development is one of the priorities of the Government which includes establishment of 157 new Nursing Colleges, encouraging Public & Private Medical Research in ICMR labs and Pharma Innovation & multidisciplinary courses for medical devices.
The Webinar will have three simultaneous Breakout Sessions covering both Health and Pharma sectors. Besides Ministers and Secretaries of the concerned Central Government Ministries / Departments, a host of stakeholders drawn from Health Departments of State/UT Governments, subject experts, representatives of Industries / Associations, Private medical colleges / hospitals / institutes, etc. would attend the Webinar and contribute through suggestions for better implementation of the Budget Announcements.
The themes of Breakout Sessions are Qualitative improvement in Nursing: Infrastructure, Education & Practice; Public & Private sector utilization of ICMR labs as facilitator for Medical Research; and Pharma innovation and multidisciplinary courses for medical devices.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
UPDATES ON COVID-19
Recovery rate fast moving to touch 60%
Difference between recovered and active cases increases to 1,32,912
Coordinated efforts at all levels of government for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 are showing encouraging results with consistently increasing gap between recoveries and active cases. As on date, there are 1,32,912 recovered cases more than the active COVID-19 cases.
Timely clinical management of COVID-19 cases has resulted in more than 10,000 daily recoveries. During the last 24 hours, a total of 11,881 COVID-19 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure to 3,59,859. This further takes the recovery rate to 59.52%.
Presently, there are 2,26,947 active cases and all are under medical supervision.
The top 15 States in terms of absolute numbers of COVID-19 recovered cases are:
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S.No.
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State/UT
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Absolute Recovery
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1
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Maharashtra
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93,154
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2
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Delhi
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59,992
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3
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Tamil Nadu
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52,926
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4
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Gujarat
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24,030
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5
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Uttar Pradesh
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16,629
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6
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Rajasthan
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14,574
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7
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West Bengal
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12,528
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8
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Madhya Pradesh
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10,655
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9
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Haryana
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10,499
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10
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Telangana
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8,082
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11
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Karnataka
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8,063
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12
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Bihar
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7,946
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13
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Andhra Pradesh
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6,988
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14
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Assam
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5,851
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15
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Odisha
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5,353
The top 15 states in terms of recovery rate are:
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S.No.
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State / UT
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Recovery Rate
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1
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Chandigarh
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82.3%
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2
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Meghalaya
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80.8%
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3
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Rajasthan
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79.6%
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4
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Uttarakhand
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78.6%
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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78.3%
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6
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Tripura
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78.3%
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7
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Bihar
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77.5%
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8
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Mizoram
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76.9%
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9
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Madhya Pradesh
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76.9%
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10
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Jharkhand
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76.6%
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11
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Odisha
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73.2%
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12
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Gujarat
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72.3%
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13
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Haryana
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70.3%
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14
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Ladakh
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70.1%
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15
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Uttar Pradesh
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69.1%
As per the “Test, Trace, Treat” strategy, there has been a steady rise in the samples tested every day with more than 90 lakh samples being tested till date. During the last 24 hours 2,29,588 samples have been tested. The cumulative number of samples tested, as on date, is 90,56,173.
The testing lab network in the country is further strengthened. With 768 labs in the government sector and 297 private labs, there are as many as 1065 labs in the country. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 578 
• TrueNat based testing labs: 398 
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 89 
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah greeted the sportspersons on National Sports Day
“On National Sports Day, I salute all our sportsperson who have been making India proud through their passion and hard-work”
“Modigovt is committed and playing an instrumental role in promoting sports & nurturing the young talentthrough initiatives like Khelo India and Fit India.”
Union Home Minister also pays tribute to wizard of Hockey Major Dhyan Chand, on his jayanti
“A phenomenal legend, who won three Olympic gold medals and mesmerised millions through his magical technique”
“His talent, achievements and devotion towards the motherland continues to inspire the generations to come
(Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah greets the sportspersons on National Sports Day.In his tweets Shri Amit Shah said“On National Sports Day, I salute all our sportsperson who have been making India proud through their passion and hard-work”.He asserted that “Modi government is committed and playing an instrumental role in promoting sports and nurturing the young talent through initiatives like Khelo India and Fit India”.
Union Home Minister also paid tribute to the wizard of Hockey Major Dhyan Chand, on the occasion of his jayanti.Shri Amit Shah said “Major Dhyan Chandwasa phenomenal legend, who won three Olympic gold medals and mesmerised millions through his magical technique.”
Union Home Minister added that “His talent, achievements and devotion towards the motherland continues to inspire the generations to come”.
MajorDhyanChand was born on 29 August 1905. National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29 every year to honour the hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has issued orders for increasing the Dearness Relief to pensioners
In pursuance of the decision of the Cabinet on 14.07.2021, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has issued orders on 22.07.2021 for increasing the Dearness Relief to pensioners and family pensioners of the Central Government  with effect from 01.07.2021 to 28% of the basic pension/family pension , representing an increase of 11% over the existing rate of 17%.
In view of the unprecedented situation which arose due to COVID-19 pandemic, three additional instalments of Dearness Relief to pensioners, which were due from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021, had been frozen.
Now, the Government has issued orders to increase the Dearness Relief to pensioners/family pensioners with effect from 01.07.2021 to 28% of the basic pension/family pension. The increase subsumes the additional instalments arising on 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021. The rate of Dearness Relief for the period 01.01.2020 to 30.06.2021 shall remain at 17% of basic pension/family pension.
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Ministry of Finance
DGGI Gurugram officials bust ITC racket involving 461 shell entities with fraudulently claiming Rs 863 crore, 2 held
Recently, the Gurugram Zonal Unit of Directorate General of GST Intelligence have unearthed a major fraudulent Input tax Credit  racket involving 461 shell/fake entities, which had passed on fraudulent ITC of Rs. 863 crore. In this matter till date, two key operatives have been arrested.
This racket of passing on of fraudulent ITC through fake shell entities was detected, when based on intelligence a search was carried out at a secret office being operated for this purpose. Huge number of forged/ morphed/ fake soft copies of documents like rent agreements, electricity bills, aadhar card, driving license, PAN card, etc. were detected in the laptops resumed from this secret office, which were used to create and operate their fake entities. The forensic examination of the laptops, devices seized from this office led to the eventual detection of ITC fraud to the tune of Rs. 863 crore involving fake 461 entities and arrest of two key operatives. Initial investigations indicates that the fraudulent ITC credit has eventually travelled to the highly evasion prone metal/iron & steel sector.
Ministry of Culture
National Virtual Library of India , has a total of about 3.04 lakh digital artefacts, and more than 34.91 lakh bibliographic entries: Shri G. Kishan Reddy
National Virtual Library of India has been developed and launched as Indian Culture Portal  on 10.12.2019 to showcase all forms of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of India. The URL is https://indianculture.gov.in which is available on public domain. The current status of the portal is summarized below: -
· It has a total of about 3.04 lakh digital artefacts, with metadata. It also has more than 34.91 lakh bibliographic entries.
· The content is presented in 18 curated categories, namely, Rare Books, E-Books, Archives, Gazettes and Gazetteers, Manuscripts, Museum Collections, Paintings, Audios, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Photo Archives, Images, Videos, Content from UNESCO, Research Papers, Indian National Bibliography, Reports & Proceedings, Union Catalogues and Other Catalogues.
· It also has 12 categories of created content, namely, Stories, Snippets, Photo Essays, Forts of India, Textiles and Fabrics of India, Historical Cities of India, Musical Instruments of India, Food and Culture, Virtual Walkthroughs, Freedom Archives – Unsung Heroes, Ajanta Caves and The North- East Archive.
· The portal is currently available in English and Hindi.
· The portal can be accessed through an App called Indian Culture, available on both Android phones and iPhone.
· The portal is available through the Umang App.
The Ministry ensures that all its Organizations handover both bibliographical and digital resources to the National Virtual Library of India for integration on the Indian Culture Portal on a regular basis.
An Outreach team under the National Virtual Library of India has been constituted for promotion of Indian Culture Portal in Educational Institutions across the Country. Presentations, Events etc. are organised on a daily basis at various Educational Institutions for promotion of Indian Culture Portal .
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture Shri G.Kishan Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Now 125 crore residents of India have Aadhaar
At the end of the year 2019, Aadhaar saturation across the country crosses 125 crores
The Unique Identification Authority of India  announced a new milestone achieved by the Aadhaar project – crossing of the 125 crore mark. This means that over 1.25 billion residents of India have the 12-digit unique identity.
The achievement comes along with the rapidly increasing use of Aadhaar as the primary identity document by the Aadhaar holders. This is evident from the fact that Aadhaar-based authentication services have been used close to 37,000 crore times since inception. At present UIDAI receives about 3 crore authentication requests every day.
Also, residents are more inclined on keeping their details in Aadhaar updated. UIDAI recorded close to 331 crore successful Aadhaar updates  till date. At present UIDAI receives about 3-4 lakh Aadhaar updates request every day.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah wished Central Reserve Police Force personnel and their families on the occasion 82nd Raising Day
CRPF is synonymous with valour, courage and sacrifice; time and again CRPF has made the nation proud says Union Home Minister
Shri Amit Shah said CRPF’s dedication to serve the society during COVID-19 is unparalleled
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah wished Central Reserve Police Forces personnel and their families on 82nd Raising Day.
Union Home Minister, in a tweet said “I join millions of Indians to wish our brave CRPF personnel and their families on 82nd Raising Day. CRPF is synonymous with valour, courage and sacrifice. Time and again, CRPF has made the nation proud”. Shri Amit Shah further added that “CRPF dedication to serve the society during COVID-19 is unparalleled”.
The Central Reserve Police Force came into existence as Crown Representative’s Police on 27th July 1939. It became the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28th December 1949. It has completed 81 years of glorious history .
President's Secretariat
President’s Greetings on the eve of Birth Anniversary of dr. B.R. Ambedkar
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has greeted fellow-citizens on the eve of the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
In a message, the President has said, “On the birth anniversary of the architect of the Constitution of India, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, I extend my heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all the fellow citizens.
All through his inspiring life, Dr. Ambedkar charted his unique path in the midst of extreme adversity and earned commendations for his extraordinary and multi-faceted achievements.
He was an ardent advocate of human rights, who set up the ‘Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha’ with the aim of improving socio-economic status of the people of deprived communities of India and for spread of education amongst them. Dr. Ambedkar envisioned a better and just society and fought for it throughout his life. He wanted to create a modern India where there would be no prejudice on the basis of caste or any other reason; where women and communities subjected to backwardness for centuries would enjoy equity of economic and social rights.
On the occasion of Dr. Ambedkar's birth anniversary, let us resolve to imbibe his ideals in our lives by learning from his life and ideas and contribute towards building a strong and prosperous India.”
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Ministry of Railways
Shri P. C. Sharma takes charge as Member , Railway Board
Shri P.C. Sharma has taken over as Member , Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to Govt. of India on 11th October, 2019. Prior to this, Shri Sharma worked as General Manager, Metro Railway, Kolkata from 20th September 2018 to 10th October, 2019. He is an Indian Railways Stores Services  officer of 1981 batch.
, Nanded from 2013 to 2015. Shri Sharma started his career in North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur in 1983.
Shri Sharma has also undergone specialized training in Technological Upgradation of Rolling Stock in Germany and Austria in 2008 & Advanced Leadership Programme at CMU, Pittsburgh, USA in 2017.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 
The ICARDA enabled access to global germplasm for use in the Indian breeding programmes. Ten high yielding varieties of Lentil, Chickpea and Barley have been released by ICARDA along with ICAR for commercial cultivation in India during the last three years. Of these, six were released in 2019, three in 2020 and one in 2021.
The ICARDA is engaged in the research and development of improved varieties of food crops  and nutritionally rich pulses . Besides, ICARDA also works on different natural management systems like cropping systems, water productivity modelling, conservation agriculture technology, fodder cactus, etc. in association with the ICAR institutions, the State/Central Agricultural Universities and the Central and State Departments.
The Government of India has helped ICARDA in the establishment of a Food Legume Research Platform in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh in 2014-15. Later, the ICARDA established a Satellite Hub on Pulses in West Bengal and one on Natural Resource Management in Rajasthan for the benefit of Indian farming community.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways starts a pilot project, allowing e-commerce consignments on its EMU services in non-peak hours
Eastern Railways allows amazon to carry its consignments from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local  in vendor compartment
Indian Railways started a pilot project, allowing e-commerce consignments on its EMU services in non-peak hours. As a part of innovative pilot project, carrying of e-commerce consignment ofAmazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local  managed by Eastern Railways. The pilot project is initially for a period of three months where total 7 MT of consignment per day has been allowed to be carried.The rate chargeable is that of Luggage Rate  i.e. ₹.5537/- per day. This pilot project of booking consignments in EMU service is the first of its kind in Indian Railways.
The consignment is allowed to be carried in vendor compartment alongwith other vendors in non-peak hours , thus causing no disruption/inconvenience to the existing system.
This project is to benefit both Railways and e-commerce company M/s. Amazon. Railway will be benefitted through generation of revenue without putting any additional stress or burden on existing system whereas Amazon will be benefitted through reduced transit time.
The route viz. Sealdah to Dankuni was preferred by M/s. Amazon for quick movement of their consignment to the existing facility at Dankuni. Upon success of the pilot project, other routes may also be taken up by Amazon and other e-commerce companies may also be interested.
PIB Headquarters
PENSION ADALAT ON AUGUST 23
The Postal Pension Adalat of Telangana Circle of India Post will be held on 23, August 2019 at 11.00 AM in the Committee Hall, Office of the Chief Postmaster General, Telangana Circle, Abids, Hyderabad – 500 001. The grievances related to pension, gratuity and allied matters of Postal Pensioners/Family Pensioners may be addressed to “The Director of Accounts , Dak Sada, Abids, Hyderabad – 500 001” to reach on or before 31.07.2019. The letters and envelopes should be super scribed with the words “Postal Pension Adalat of Telangana Circle” . Individual Pensioners/Family Pensioners should represent to the Pension Adalat duly furnishing the facts of the case taken up at Regional/Divisional level Pension Adalat and enclosing a copy of the reply given by Regional/Division level, if any. The Grievances received after due date will not be entertained. Applicants may also attend the Adalat in person, if they desire.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Go Tribal Campaign
TRIFED,a Multi-State Co-operative Society under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the “Go Tribal” campaign on 28.06.2019.Products available under Tribes India brand & outlets can also be procured through Online retailers like Amazon, Flipkart, etc. with whom TRIFED has entered into Memorandum of Understanding .TRIFED has not introduced Khadi Kurtas and Jackets in collaboration with "I Am Khadi" foundation. However, in order to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Father of Nation, Tribes India/TRIFED is promoting Khadi based products made by tribal artisans.
Besides continuing the existing schemes for tribal welfare, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs under its scheme of ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce  through Minimum Support Price  and Development of Value Chain for MFP’ has included 26 additional Minor Forest Produces for which Minimum Support Price has been notified in December 2018/ January 2019. Also better facilities for skill upgradation and value addition for MFPs in the form of Van Dhan Kendras for providing better monitory return to the MFP gatherers have also been included.
This information was given by Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Mundain a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.